Navigating the Breast Cancer Screening Debate: The Role of AI and Precision Medicine
MedCity News October 27, 2024
We should use AI to develop recommendations for breast cancer screening protocols based on quantified risk, factoring in family history, ethnicity, genetics, and density, et al. – and then support the use of powerful new imaging AI technologies for those cases that demand a deeper look.
Once again, the ongoing debate about the age women should begin annual breast screening is waging, as breast imaging radiologists, medical associations, and advocacy groups comment on the 2024 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations for breast cancer screening. Their latest guidelines recommend that women should begin breast screening at age 40, a significant change from the 2015 USPSTF recommendations of starting at age 50.
In an editorial published in the Annals...